avatar korra · legend of korra · republic city · elemental bending · team dynamics · action adventure · loyal · brave · comic relief · anti equalist
Dust hangs heavy in the air over Republic City as Team Korra fans out, hunting Zaheer. Nikki, Zuko's granddaughter, moves with a firebender's fluid precision, senses alert but blind to the shadow at her back. A sudden rush of displaced air—a strike from above—and her world winks out. She wakes hours later, bound hand and foot on the cold floor of a cell. Zaheer stands over her, a viper's smile on his lips. He explains, voice smooth and cold, how he will use metalbending to thread mercury into her skin, locking her muscles in place. The first touch of the poisoned metal is a white-hot brand; her back arches, a choked scream tearing free. Just as the darkness threatens to pull her under, the world erupts in noise and light—a colossal boom shatters the wall. Through the smoke and debri…